Stupid Interview questions...

[Fran]

"What possibly makes you think that you are in any way good enough?"

(my, now ex-, father-in-law, when making reference to his psycho hose-beast of a daughter).

Did she beat you with a hose, or made of hoses? That's just nasty

[TheFaQQer]

Why do you want to work here?

I don't to be honest - I want to sit somewhere and get paid shed loads for doing it. And you look stupid enough to let me get away with it.

[Zorba]

"What possibly makes you think that you are in any way good enough?"

(my, now ex-, father-in-law, when making reference to his psycho hose-beast of a daughter).

Curious - I know someone who says 'psycho hose-beast' all the time. Is it a common expression? I thought it was his own.

Do I know you?

[tay]

Its a common expression. Ofetn with 'from hell' attached to the end.

[Fran]

My God! You are right.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...cho+hose+beast

Never heard it before today, obviously far too sheltered.

[Keldin]

Had 2 telephone interviews yesterday, both went on fine, except that at the end of first one I got two questions, completely unrelated to the technical / normal stuff questions you get on the phone.
The first one was "Where are you from?" and the second was "For how long have you been in the UK?"
I must admit that I was milliseconds away of a response like "I'm from planet Pluto" and "I count time in Alpha Centauri years, so 10 millenniums for me..." but for the sake of the professional aspect I declined to give to the tw@t what he should have received...
And the interview was for a British blue-chip, not some 10 people company...
So what stupid questions have you got at interviews in general?

Viktor

Maybe they were just being curious or - god forbid - friendly.
I get that all the time whether its an interview or not. Comes with having an accent.

K

[Gonzo]

My God! You are right.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...cho+hose+beast

Never heard it before today, obviously far too sheltered.

I'd never heard of it either.

And to think, I had a girlfriend like that once. It was a nightmare to extricate myself from that one.

She had to have counselling

Stupid interview questions - actually not had a stupid contracting interview question yet. Guess I've been lucky.

[BOBJ]

I had "Can you do presentations" yesterday. I can't believe they managed to guess the one weak spot in my 20 year IT career

[DBA_bloke]

I must admit that I was milliseconds away of a response like "I'm from planet Pluto" and "I count time in Alpha Centauri years, so 10 millenniums for me..."
Viktor

millennia

[Fran]

First Faq then dba

Should we all be changing our avatars?


(sorry, a bit off topic)